Choose one superstitious belief to be true despite all logic. What would you Choose? - Atheist Nexus2016-12-10T03:43:37Zhttp://atheistnexus.org/forum/topics/choose-one-superstitious-belief-to-be-true-despite-all-logic-what?commentId=2182797%3AComment%3A2004370&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noIf you step on a crack, it ac…tag:atheistnexus.org,2012-07-14:2182797:Comment:20043702012-07-14T03:43:46.427ZFreeThinkerhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/FreeThinker88
<p>If you step on a crack, it actually breaks your mother's back. Just kidding. :D</p>
<p>If you step on a crack, it actually breaks your mother's back. Just kidding. :D</p> During an interview, Randy Ne…tag:atheistnexus.org,2012-07-14:2182797:Comment:20043402012-07-14T00:25:53.488Zjay Hhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/jayholovacs
During an interview, Randy Newman said that his concept of heaven is where every cat and dog you've ever had comes running out to meet you. Not bad.
During an interview, Randy Newman said that his concept of heaven is where every cat and dog you've ever had comes running out to meet you. Not bad. Ted, your last sentence, "I g…tag:atheistnexus.org,2012-07-13:2182797:Comment:20033942012-07-13T08:51:27.135ZDoglyhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/GaelRMurphy
<p>Ted, your last sentence, "I guess I'll have to give up that pleasant fantasy and stick to how things seem to really work.", isn't thinking like that what got us all here? </p>
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<p>Ted, your last sentence, "I guess I'll have to give up that pleasant fantasy and stick to how things seem to really work.", isn't thinking like that what got us all here? </p>
<p> </p> I would have to choose Zombie…tag:atheistnexus.org,2012-07-13:2182797:Comment:20032372012-07-13T02:52:29.960ZChris Ruegghttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/ChrisRuegg
<p>I would have to choose Zombies, because that would be awesome.</p>
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<p><a target="_blank" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RWoDB1I-AKs/TdXrvdXw8HI/AAAAAAAAAb4/Cvo4g2r7yXk/s1600/zombies-3.jpg"><img class="align-full" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RWoDB1I-AKs/TdXrvdXw8HI/AAAAAAAAAb4/Cvo4g2r7yXk/s1600/zombies-3.jpg"/></a></p>
<p>I would have to choose Zombies, because that would be awesome.</p>
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<p><a target="_blank" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RWoDB1I-AKs/TdXrvdXw8HI/AAAAAAAAAb4/Cvo4g2r7yXk/s1600/zombies-3.jpg"><img class="align-full" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RWoDB1I-AKs/TdXrvdXw8HI/AAAAAAAAAb4/Cvo4g2r7yXk/s1600/zombies-3.jpg"/></a></p> Compassionate Conservatism! …tag:atheistnexus.org,2012-07-08:2182797:Comment:19995242012-07-08T15:54:47.516ZDoglyhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/GaelRMurphy
<p>Compassionate Conservatism! Come on now, even a genie could not grant that wish.</p>
<p>Compassionate Conservatism! Come on now, even a genie could not grant that wish.</p> OK, I'll play. It would be i…tag:atheistnexus.org,2012-07-08:2182797:Comment:19992182012-07-08T14:54:26.010ZTed Foureagleshttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/TedFoureagles
<p>OK, I'll play. It would be interesting if the animist worldview that my grandfather tried to teach me was true -- the idea that things like rocks, rivers, clouds, stars, etc. are imbued with a conscious essence similar to what we confer ourselves. Think of it -- if I tear this mountain down to get at the coal, and then use it for selfish reasons I risk offending the rights of the stone and the air. We could do worse with our superstitions.</p>
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<p>I realize that Grandfather's…</p>
<p>OK, I'll play. It would be interesting if the animist worldview that my grandfather tried to teach me was true -- the idea that things like rocks, rivers, clouds, stars, etc. are imbued with a conscious essence similar to what we confer ourselves. Think of it -- if I tear this mountain down to get at the coal, and then use it for selfish reasons I risk offending the rights of the stone and the air. We could do worse with our superstitions.</p>
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<p>I realize that Grandfather's views, though expressed in primitive irrational ways, were founded on reality. We are made of the same stuff as the stars and clouds, and imagining ourselves seperate from anything is an error of perspective. But what we think of as our style of consciousness is probably only available to animate things that have acheived a certain level of complexity. Skipping the "hard work" part to which Loren refers would mean that consciousness exists a-priori as a field in which all things exist. This begs the question of origin of that consciousness, and things go downhill from there. I guess I'll have to give up that pleasant fantasy and stick to how things seem to really work.</p>
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<p>}}}}</p> Continued existencetag:atheistnexus.org,2012-07-08:2182797:Comment:19992872012-07-08T12:36:00.659ZEdward Teachhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/edwardteach
<p>Continued existence</p>
<p>Continued existence</p> But you'll still have Catholi…tag:atheistnexus.org,2012-07-08:2182797:Comment:19992812012-07-08T08:32:45.496ZMoehttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/Moe161
<p>But you'll still have Catholics, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, Mormons, and Scientologists all around you.</p>
<p>But you'll still have Catholics, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, Mormons, and Scientologists all around you.</p> I'd say Muslim paradise, all…tag:atheistnexus.org,2012-07-08:2182797:Comment:19993602012-07-08T08:30:58.184ZMoehttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/Moe161
<p>I'd say Muslim paradise, all the gardens, palaces and rivers, food that taste a thousand times better than earth's and the halal river wine, not to mention all the women there are extremely hot. Of course, without having to pray five times a day or observe anything else.</p>
<p>I'd say Muslim paradise, all the gardens, palaces and rivers, food that taste a thousand times better than earth's and the halal river wine, not to mention all the women there are extremely hot. Of course, without having to pray five times a day or observe anything else.</p> My superstitious beliefs are…tag:atheistnexus.org,2012-07-08:2182797:Comment:19990912012-07-08T04:43:18.767ZJoseph Hestonhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/JosephHeston
<p>My superstitious beliefs are usually sports related (e.g., if you start talking about a no-hitter, then there goes the no-hitter).</p>
<p>My superstitious beliefs are usually sports related (e.g., if you start talking about a no-hitter, then there goes the no-hitter).</p>